Right around 59:50 the discussion starts. Garrett is indeed “banned” or whatever word you want to use. As I stated in an earlier posts the games have gotten better since he has been gone. Nick even acknowledges that Garrett was integral to HCL at one point, but that time has passed.
Although Robbi is clearly not welcome on the show(or she would have been on it by now), the original stance of Garrett being welcomed back has obviously changed. I’m guessing at a minimum a public apology to HCL & a returning of the money to Robbi may get him welcomed back. But the whales enjoying the game much more without him in it also complicates things.
I think there is a real possibility we never see Garrett back on HCL. My guess if he does come back on to a stream it will be at the Bike/Commerce or Polk will get him out to the Lodge in Texas.
I think Garrett has just let too much time pass and has really painted himself into a corner. It wasn’t too long ago where the most typed thing in live chat was “where’s Garrett?”. He could hypothetically fix it, but I don’t think he’s capable of doing all that entails. He hasn’t softened at all in his stance.
Whether he was cheated or not, he can’t deny the special treatment he has been given for years for Feldman. The millions of dollars he has won. Being the only pro (maybe Andy) to get a seat in these lineups regularly. Whatever happened on this hand doesn’t come close to offset that. I am no fan of Robbi. I wanted Garrett to do the right thing here. He just hasn’t.